Cat training is essential to have a well-behaved cat as well as a presentable home. Cats are easy to train but you need to be careful regarding how to discipline them. Cat training should start as soon as you get your cat.

Potty Training

Depending on your preferences, you can have a kitty door or a litter box for your cat to access when the need arises. Cat training for the kitty door is as easy as putting the cat out when it makes moves to do its business and then familiarizing it with the door location and function. The cat may hesitate initially but cats love to wander around so the kitty door will be in good use pretty soon.

Kitty doors are actually practical for houses but for apartment buildings, you might have no other option but to use a litter box. You do not actually have to go through cat training with the litter box because they usually have this instinct to dig and then do their business. Just familiarize your cat with the location of the litter box, especially after meals, and he will do the rest.

Scratching

Cat training is needed to prevent your cat from scratching on furniture, curtains and rugs. The first thing you need to do to start cat training for scratching is to provide a scratching post for your cat as an alternative to the furniture and curtains. To get your cat to use the scratching post you need to place these posts in the vicinity of the furniture the cat is currently scratching.

Choosing the material needed to cover the scratching post is dependent on what your cat prefers. Cats tend to scratch at rough surfaces to get rid of the dead layer of their claws. This is more for their comfort, so you can expect kittens and adult cats to have a go at scratching. Cat training for scratching is easy.

The merits of cat training for behavioral purposes are plenty. Some cats can be aggressive towards people whom hey have just met or have entered their homes. You need to get your cat used to the presence of strangers as well as keep him less tense when there are people around. Understanding the behavior of your cat is necessary for cat training. Cat training should be done as soon as you see a new behavior pattern in your cat or a change in behavior.

Cats, believe it or not, can be trained to use the toilet. That’s right, your cat will go in the toilet if you train it to do so. This will save you money on litter and it will save you from having to clean the litter box and all the stray litter that your cat just loves to throw around the area around the box. How do you toilet train a cat? With a lot of patience, a lot of love and a lot of creativity. Toilet training a cat is not for the faint of heart and it will take some time for your cat to get used to it.

A Word About Litter

You should understand that toilet training a cat is not natural. A cat is designed to scoop sand or dirt over it’s waste to deter predators and to keep from alerting prey to their presence. So toilet training a cat goes against their nature. That being said, let’s get started.

Prepare The Toilet

First, to toilet train a cat, you’ll need to prepare the toilet for training. You can either create the apparatus yourself of you can purchase it. Yes, there are apparatuses for toilet training a cat if you know where to look for them. The apparatus should rest under the lid of the toilet and should be a tiny litter box inside the toilet lid. Show your cat where this tiny litter box is and rub its paw in the litter. Don’t worry, you don’t have to go in that little box, that’s why it’s removable.

Slowly Take It Away

Little by little, make the litter box inside the toilet lid smaller and smaller until your cat gets used to urinating or defecating in the water itself. As stated before, it will take a lot of time and effort but pretty soon your cat will get used to going in the toilet and then you will have successfully toilet trained your cat.

Don’t Forget To Flush

Now your cat won’t be able to flush after you’ve toilet trained it; it doesn’t have opposable thumbs. So don’t forget to flush the toilet for it. However, now that you’ve toilet trained your cat, you’ll save lots of money and time on litter can litter clean up. So have fun toilet training your cat and wait for your visitors to be amazed at your newly toilet trained pet.